OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microbiome is 73. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Phylogeny-guided microbiome OTU-specific association test (POST)	527
Lower viral evolutionary pressure under stable versus fluctuating conditions in subzero Arctic brines	463
Methanolobus use unspecific methyltransferases to produce methane from dimethylsulphide in Baltic Sea sediments	449
Correction: Sodium levels and grazing pressure shape natural communities of the intracellular pathogen Legionella	352
Correction: Gut microbiota-derived propionate mediates the neuroprotective effect of osteocalcin in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease	345
Role of nasal microbiota in regulating host anti-influenza immunity in dogs	308
Should we modulate the neonatal microbiome and what should be the goal?	284
No microorganism was detected in amniotic fluid of healthy pregnancies from the second trimester to the delivery	253
Cover crop root exudates impact soil microbiome functional trajectories in agricultural soils	200
Microbial active functional modules derived from network analysis and metabolic interactions decipher the complex microbiome assembly in mangrove sediments	190
Dissolved storage glycans shaped the community composition of abundant bacterioplankton clades during a North Sea spring phytoplankton bloom	182
Landscape of the gut archaeome in association with geography, ethnicity, urbanization, and diet in the Chinese population	179
Using strain-resolved analysis to identify contamination in metagenomics data	174
Cooperation between host immunity and the gut bacteria is essential for helminth-evoked suppression of colitis	171
Androgen-induced gut dysbiosis disrupts glucolipid metabolism and endocrinal functions in polycystic ovary syndrome	166
H2 generated by fermentation in the human gut microbiome influences metabolism and competitive fitness of gut butyrate producers	161
Virus diversity and activity is driven by snowmelt and host dynamics in a high-altitude watershed soil ecosystem	158
Stool energy density is positively correlated to intestinal transit time and related to microbial enterotypes	158
Type 1 diabetes in pregnancy is associated with distinct changes in the composition and function of the gut microbiome	150
Microbiota-indole 3-propionic acid-brain axis mediates abnormal synaptic pruning of hippocampal microglia and susceptibility to ASD in IUGR offspring	150
Bifidobacterial carbohydrate/nucleoside metabolism enhances oxidative phosphorylation in white adipose tissue to protect against diet-induced obesity	149
Oligofructose improves small intestinal lipid-sensing mechanisms via alterations to the small intestinal microbiota	147
LotuS2: an ultrafast and highly accurate tool for amplicon sequencing analysis	146
Integrated multi-omics analysis reveals the positive leverage of citrus flavonoids on hindgut microbiota and host homeostasis by modulating sphingolipid metabolism in mid-lactation dairy cows consumin	139
Effects of melatonin on rumen microorganisms and methane production in dairy cow: results from in vitro and in vivo studies	138

Candidate probiotic Lactiplantibacillus plantarum HNU082 rapidly and convergently evolves within human, mice, and zebrafish gut but differentially influences the resident microbiome	131
Blocked conversion of Lactobacillus johnsonii derived acetate to butyrate mediates copper-induced epithelial barrier damage in a pig model	131
Colonization during a key developmental window reveals microbiota-dependent shifts in growth and immunity during undernutrition	129
Gut dysbiosis promotes prostate cancer progression and docetaxel resistance via activating NF-κB-IL6-STAT3 axis	128
From dysbiosis to defense: harnessing the gut microbiome in HIV/SIV therapy	128
Latent antibiotic resistance genes are abundant, diverse, and mobile in human, animal, and environmental microbiomes	123
Microbial community regulation and performance enhancement in gas biofilters by interrupting bacterial communication	116
Colonocyte-derived lactate promotes E. coli fitness in the context of inflammation-associated gut microbiota dysbiosis	116
Bacterial quorum sensing orchestrates longitudinal interactions to shape microbiota assembly	115
A glimpse of the paleome in endolithic microbial communities	114
SCAPP: an algorithm for improved plasmid assembly in metagenomes	113
Eubacterium siraeum suppresses fat deposition via decreasing the tyrosine-mediated PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in high-fat diet-induced obesity	107
Milk oligosaccharide-driven persistence of Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum modulates local and systemic microbial metabolites upon synbiotic treatment in conventionally colonized mice	107
Determination of antibiotic resistance patterns and genotypes of Escherichia coli isolated from wild birds	105
Gastrointestinal jumbo phages possess independent synthesis and utilization systems of NAD+	104
Reproducible and opposing gut microbiome signatures distinguish autoimmune diseases and cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis	104
Geography, not lifestyle, explains the population structure of free-living and host-associated deep-sea hydrothermal vent snail symbionts	104
Elucidating the role of the gut microbiota in the physiological effects of dietary fiber	102
Disentangling environmental effects in microbial association networks	102
Genomic adaptations enabling Acidithiobacillus distribution across wide-ranging hot spring temperatures and pHs	100
VBCG: 20 validated bacterial core genes for phylogenomic analysis with high fidelity and resolution	99
Biogeographical survey of soil microbiomes across sub-Saharan Africa: structure, drivers, and predicted climate-driven changes	98
Gut metabolites predict Clostridioides difficile recurrence	95
Machine learning-assisted identification of bioindicators predicts medium-chain carboxylate production performance of an anaerobic mixed culture	93
Characterizing the gut phageome and phage-borne antimicrobial resistance genes in pigs	91
Metabolite-based dietary supplementation in human type 1 diabetes is associated with microbiota and immune modulation	89
Metagenomics-resolved genomics provides novel insights into chitin turnover, metabolic specialization, and niche partitioning in the octocoral microbiome	88
Correction to: Disentangling environmental effects in microbial association networks	86
Complementary insights into gut viral genomes: a comparative benchmark of short- and long-read metagenomes using diverse assemblers and binners	84
Correction: Inulin diet uncovers complex diet-microbiota-immune cell interactions remodeling the gut epithelium	84
Microbial growth and volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from carpet and drywall under elevated relative humidity conditions	83
Gut barrier-microbiota imbalances in early life lead to higher sensitivity to inflammation in a murine model of C-section delivery	82
A synbiotic mixture of selected oligosaccharides and bifidobacteria assists murine gut microbiota restoration following antibiotic challenge	80
Gut-derived IL-13 contributes to growth via promoting hepatic IGF-1 production	78
Integration of spatio-temporal variations of surface metabolomes and epibacterial communities highlights the importance of copper stress as a major factor shaping host-microbiota interactions within a	78
An improved workflow for accurate and robust healthcare environmental surveillance using metagenomics	78
Constraining PERMANOVA and LDM to within-set comparisons by projection improves the efficiency of analyses of matched sets of microbiome data	76
High-resolution metagenomic reconstruction of the freshwater spring bloom	76
The effect of 3-nitrooxypropanol, a potent methane inhibitor, on ruminal microbial gene expression profiles in dairy cows	76
Altered gut metabolites and microbiota interactions are implicated in colorectal carcinogenesis and can be non-invasive diagnostic biomarkers	76
Gut microbiota-derived ursodeoxycholic acid alleviates low birth weight-induced colonic inflammation by enhancing M2 macrophage polarization	75
The core root microbiome of Spartina alterniflora is predominated by sulfur-oxidizing and sulfate-reducing bacteria in Georgia salt marshes, USA	75
Meanders as a scaling motif for understanding of floodplain soil microbiome and biogeochemical potential at the watershed scale	75
Global analysis of the biosynthetic chemical space of marine prokaryotes	75
BinaRena: a dedicated interactive platform for human-guided exploration and binning of metagenomes	74
Metaproteomics reveals diet-induced changes in gut microbiome function according to Crohn’s disease location	74
Anthropogenic activities mediate stratification and stability of microbial communities in freshwater sediments	74
Strategies of chemolithoautotrophs adapting to high temperature and extremely acidic conditions in a shallow hydrothermal ecosystem	73